TV series

The Buddha of Suburbia

1993 · 1 season

A wry, restless coming-of-age ride through 1970s London, mixing sharp humour with tender identity searching.

Overview: Karim is 17 years old and lives in a South London suburb with his English mother and Pakistani father, who has become a kind of spiritual guru to his middle-class neighbours. Karim wants to explore his cultural roots, in the hope that he will achieve sexual and racial self-realisation.
How it feels: Satirical, warm, melancholic and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, coming-of-age, family, race
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
family
race
sexuality
Places: suburbs
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong